Roddick, Haas advance to Memphis quarters

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02/23/2007 - Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seed Andy Roddick and defending champion Tommy Haas were second-round winners Thursday at the $665,000 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships.

Roddick, the U.S. Open runner-up and former world No. 1 who titled at this event in 2002 and was a finalist in 2003, squeezed past Germany's Benjamin Becker, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

The second-seeded Haas snuck past American Amer Delic 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5) in a match that had no break points. Haas beat Swede Robin Soderling in last year's Memphis finale and also titled here in 1999.

Next up for Roddick will be Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu, who reached the quarterfinals with a 7-6 (7-2), 1-1 upset victory over sixth-seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer. The match ended when Melzer retired due to a stomach virus at The Racquet Club of Memphis.

Haas' quarterfinal foe will be American wild card Sam Querrey, who beat Frenchman Julien Benneteau (7), 6-3, 6-4.

The No. 3 and 4 seeds also won their second-round matches Thursday. Third seed Andy Murray of Great Britain topped Denmark's Kristian Pless, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); while fourth-seeded American Mardy Fish snuck past promising Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-1, 7-6 (11-9).

Murray, last week's titlist in San Jose, will take on Austria's Stefan Koubek in the quarterfinals. Fish, who won 31-of-32 first-serve points against del Potro, will face Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili in Friday's quarterfinals.

The 2007 Memphis champ will pocket $156,550.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

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Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.

The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.

MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds.

A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.

A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.

Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.

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